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For an average beer (average hopping rate and average ABV), I'm usually right around $30 for a 5 gallon batch. That's everything factored in, from ingredients and water to propane, shipping costs, cleaning and sanitizing, and all miscellaneous items. I brew about 20-25 batches per year. So...

Awesome. It certainly does put them into a trance around here! hehe I just brewed this myself this past Saturday. That makes about 10 times total now over the past couple years. I don't have any other beer anywhere near that number. People love it. I've tweaked it several times, using...

Interesting. Keeping fermentation temps high limits the clove character. I thought I read that high temps bring out more phenols. I suppose I'll shoot higher. Maybe 68, then ramp up to the low 70's as fermentation progresses. So is a .5 pitch rate low enough? Or should I go lower? Thanks...

Beer Type: RIS Batch Size: 5.5, but blowoff was so severe, it was closer to 4 gallons to secondary IBUs: 73 Color: 48 Original Gravity: 1.102 Amount of Oak Used: 2 oz (cubes, not chips) Time beer spent in contact with Oak: 120 Did you soak Oak in distilled spirit?: yes, Makers Mark for 5 weeks...

So I'm planning my first hefeweizen, and have read a lot about underpitching and slightly stressing the yeast to bring out more banana character. Stressing the yeast can also be achieved by limiting 02 and skipping any yeast nutrient. My question is: would doing all three be too much, or not...

Most specialty malts do not have any diastatic power, meaning they can not convert starches to sugar on their own. Base malts have it in abundance. So working with what you have there, the majority of your grain bill will need to be pilsner.

http://www.brewersfriend.com/mash-chemistry-and-brewing-water-calculator/ Reliable and easy to use.

Yeah, that looks good. Let us know how it turns out!

Zip ties. Just wrap them up at roughly the same diameter of the keg and lay them on top of their respective keg.

In my experience, Galaxy is really easy to drown out with other hops. Pairing it up with something as potent as Nelson, I would imagine, would amplify that. If it was me, I'd change it up to at least a 2:1 or 3:1 Galaxy to Nelson ratio. Other than that, it looks good. Another note. From what I...

They were in a large, ziploc-like bag. They were at roughly room temp for about 30 hours, then immediately placed in the freezer upon returning home. It's kind of a no-brainer that if you don't freeze them, they're no longer "fresh hops". I'm brewing tomorrow, so we'll see how it goes.

Thanks for the response, but that really doesn't help. As I said in my original post, I always hit my water measurements (meaning, the numbers that I have manually put into beersmith - my equipment profile), and I do take all of those measurements - if I didn't, how would I know what to enter...

Ok, so I've been brewing about 3 years now, and using Beersmith for about 2.5. As far as I can tell, I have all my numbers and settings punched in correctly. My problem is, I nearly always exceed the pre-boil gravity estimate, yet nearly always come up a bit shy on the post-boil reading. What...

Thanks for the tip. And don't worry, I am relaxed and thankful both, but if I'm going to brew a batch of beer, I want the full 5 gallons - my friends are thirsty lol

When I got into brewing nearly 3 years ago, I could barely stand an APA, let alone IPA's. My how that has changed. Once I developed a taste for big, bold hops, there was no going back. I have to say though; I love hop flavor and aroma, but I still do not care for overly bitter beers. Stone is...

So, I got my hands on about 4-5 pounds (estimate) of fresh Centennial hops from a trip to a Wisconsin hops farm on our recent vacation. As I haven't read or researched a whole yet on using wet hops, I'm looking for some advice and general info. I do know I need about 4-6 times as much as normal...

Alright, so heres where I've been thus far: After a six hour drive, we made it to Decorah, IA, and Toppling Goliath. I was stoked to get a beer and bite to eat, but upon entering, we realized food would need to be found elsewhere, so we left. After eating, we made it back in and got a flight...

Anyone know of a decent bottle shop between Joliet and Three Floyds? Anything within a half hour drive.

Does anyone here know of any good new/used CD shops in: Minneapolis, Green Bay, Milwaukee or Chicago? I'm leaving on a roadtrip tomorrow and will hit all of those cities.

Thanks for all the tips guys and gals, I appreciate it! I'll check out what I can and hopefully remember to report back! I haven't been fishing since I was a kid, and definitely never trout fishing. We always fished for crappie and catfish, being MO boys. I would definitely like to do it one...